While some troublesome little leader was setting off fireworks in the demon-infested city center of Guixu City to amuse herself, playing hide-and-seek with the Warp Daemons, wreaking havoc, causing trouble, assassinating Psykers, and doing everything she could to appear and disappear at will and make life difficult for the Warp Daemons trying to "open the door," Darius and the forces of the Second Battalion commander under his command had once again successfully repelled the demons' attack in the spacious cargo area in front of the huge iron gate, over three hundred meters underground at the mining base.
Immediately afterward, under the protection and urging of a squad of soldiers, a group of SCV engineering crews ventured forward to make emergency repairs and seal the battered iron gate again, leaving only a narrow gap so that a few demons could rush out at a time when they attacked.
By the time anyone stopped to count, a day and a night had passed since the demons first appeared.
Perhaps both sides were exhausted, or perhaps there was some other reason.
In any case!
As time passed, the Warp Daemons trapped deep in the underground mine's caverns gradually began to lose their vigor. Their once-frenzied, ferocious, and utterly relentless attacks finally began to ease, and they retreated once more, making no further assaults for a long while.
This naturally gave Darius and the elite troops under the Second Battalion commander some time to catch their breath, rotate their positions, and regroup.
"Report, sir!"
Soon, after the Second Battalion commander had withdrawn with his troops to rest, the First Battalion commander hurried over to Darius, who was covered in the marks of battle. His massive axe lay nearby, spattered with demon blood. The First Battalion commander shouted excitedly:
"The First Battalion has completed the